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2009.
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| Summary/Abstract |
It is premature to predict how Japan-US relations will be shaped under Obama. The real test, as said before, will be Obama's Iraq policy and Japan's role in the US strategy. When the senior Bush was in the White House, the end of the cold war in the early 1990's gave him a "peace dividend" - a drop in military spending that opened the door to fund more constructive federal programs. Obama would probably hope for the same advantage should he manage to wind up the war in Iraq as promised during the election.The savings are potentially substantial.
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